Charles-François Roy
Charles-François Roy | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Kamouraska | |
| In office 1869–1877 | |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Dumont |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 14, 1835 Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Lower Canada |
| Died | April 13, 1882 (aged 46) Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
Charles-François Roy (September 14, 1835 – April 13, 1882) was a civil engineer, land surveyor and political figure in
Conservative
member.
He was born in
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, the son of François Roy and Angèle Sasseville, and was educated at the college there. In 1860, he married Charlotte Sasseville. He served as colonization agent for the Gaspé district from 1862 to 1868. Roy resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1877 to run for a seat in the House of Commons after Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier was named to the Senate. He was defeated by Joseph Dumont
when he ran for reelection in 1878. Roy died at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière at the age of 47.
References
- Charles-François Roy – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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